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Vinyl dolls: Palitoy Toots with honey hair and Tressy with brunette hair in original boxes; Pedigree Sindy Bed, 9GPS Patch with brunette hair, Sindy with brunette hair and Patch's Pony in original boxes; Telsalda Wendy Doll with Two Spare Heads in original box; loose doll and garments, VG, boxes VG
A George Jones Majolica Sardine Dish, Cover and Stand, circa 1875, of octagonal shape, panelled lid with finial as squatting stork, over four panels applied in relief with flying storks, fruiting flowers divided by bamboo stems, the body of the main vessel with a solitary fish in each of four panels, flowers to the angle panels against a mottled turquoise ground, the stand with bamboo leaves within panels with tortoiseshell mottled centre glaze and underside glaze, impressed "GJ" monogram, numbered "3441SO" on bare glaze patch, impressed "A4" and applied diamond registration mark for 12th March 1875, 12.3cm high, 21.3cm wide See illustration
A FLATTENED HORN POWDER FLASK with brass fittings and cord top charger, together with two suspension rings 5 1/2in overall, another flattened horn powder flask with wooden stoppers at each end and 4 suspension rings approximately 8 inches overall and a modern made small leather pouch containing spare flints, a carved horn spoon, a horn powder charger and vent pricker and a small horn handled patch knife. (qty)
Four South Staffordshire enamel boxes, one formed and painted as a walnut in purple on a pink ground, 4.5cm (1.75in) long; and three oval patch boxes, “Affection” painted with a girl and a dog, “Keep this FOR my sake” and “Ah simple Fair Refuse a Kiss You”l never gain The Man you Wish” (each with cracks and losses); and a Continental porcelain bottle cover
A RARE ITALIAN SHORTSWORD, LATE 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENETIAN with straight single-edged blade tapering towards the point, formed with a broad shallow fuller on each face over much of its length, retaining traces of a latten inlaid running wolf mark and a further mark on the reverse towards the forte, steel hilt comprising short rear quillon of near square section tapering to a stout pyramidal point, strongly up-turned quillon extending to form a knuckle-guard, a pair of triangular écussons, an additional up-turned frontal bar of similar length, near conical pommel, and original leather-covered banded wooden grip (the steel parts with areas of very light pitting, one patch of the grip worn) 64.2cm; 25 1/4in blade The form of the hilt is notably rare and is reminiscent of earlier Venetian swords, a number of which are preserved in the armoury of the Doge's Palace, Venice. See L.G.Boccia & E.T.Coelho 1975, nos. 150-164.
A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN FLUTED HALF-ARMOUR FOR FIELD USE IN THE SO-CALLED 'MAXIMILIAN' FASHION, CIRCA 1510-20 comprising close helmet formed of a broad rounded one-piece skull with 'bellows' visor and bevor attached by a pair of low-domed common pivots, the visor prominently stepped beneath its centrally-divided vision-slit, pierced in three rows with ten horizontal ventilation-slots and fitted at its right side with a lifting-peg, the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a short neck-guard (slightly trimmed at its centre, the flange and left side of the bevor each showing riveted and brazed repairs) and secured to the right side of the skull by a spring-catch (push-button replaced), and one lame of a rear neck-guard (incomplete right end missing), collar of four lames front and rear (the top front lame with a later hole at the centre, the lowest front lame with a large patch at the left side, the lowest rear lame with minor chips and cracks at its main edges), breastplate formed of a rounded main plate pierced at its right side with a pair of holes for the attachment of a lance-rest and fitted with moveable gussets at the arm-openings and a flanged lame at the waist, the latter restored at its outer ends with riveted patches and bearing a stud and turning-pin for the attachment of a fauld of three lames the lowest of which supports a pair of tassets each of four lames (partly reworked), backplate formed of a main plate, a pair of side-plates and a waist-lame, the latter flanged outwards to receive a culet of one lame indented at the centre of its lower edge, the upper edge of the main plate stuck with an indistinct mark, probably the quality control mark of the city of Nuremberg, spaudlers almost forming a pair, each comprised of seven lames overlapping outwards from the third (the front of the second lame of the left one repaired with a riveted internal patch) and connected by a turner to a fully articulated vambrace formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon (the lower one in each case repaired at its inside with a large riveted internal patch) each fitted at the inside of the elbow with a pair of narrow lames (the upper one of the lower cannon in each case missing) and connected by a couter of five lames overlapping outwards from the third which is decorated on the point of the elbow with an embossed and cross-hatched cinquefoil and has a small bilobate wing at the front fitted with a turning pin to secure a larger overlying detachable oval wing with a medial pucker, and gauntlets almost forming a pair, each comprised of a short straight-ended cuff with a hinged inner plate (the right one now held shut by a later rivet), five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate, five finger-plates and a hinged thumb-defence of three lames, the armour decorated overall with groups of flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines, and at its main edges with inward turns, mainly plain but in some cases roped, and often accompanied by recessed borders (moderate pitting and wear overall, some cracks and perforations): on a metal stand Inv. no. A53. The helmet forming part of this armour very likely derives from a group of fluted close helmets that were deposited as booty in the Imperial Arsenal of St Irene in Istanbul, probably taken from the Knights of St John at Rhodes when they surrendered to the Ottoman Turkish forces of Suleyman the Magnificent in 1522. A high proportion of the helmets have had their neck-lames and the lower edges of their bevors removed, as in the present case. Four are still preserved in the Askeri Museum, Istanbul. See S. W. Pyhrr 1989, pp. 89 & 94, figs 8 & 17. Another is preserved in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, II.14. See A. R. Dufty & W. Reid 1968, pl. XC.c. The embossed and cross-hatched cinquefoils on the points of the elbows and detachable wings on the couters of the armour described here closely resemble those preserved as part of a composite 'Maximilian' armour in Leeds. Very similar detachable wings can also be recorded on a pair of 'Maximilian' vambraces formerly in the armoury of Schloss Kefermarkt, Upper Austria, and the collection of the late Stephen V. Grancsay, New York.
A COMPOSITE EUROPEAN FIELD ARMOUR, 16TH CENTURY comprising close helmet formed of a one-piece skull rising to a high roped comb (its crest damaged, the lower left corner of the face-opening patched) and fitted at the nape with a plume-holder, earlier visor and bevor attached by common pivots (replaced), the former of rounded 'sparrow's-beak' form having a stepped centrally-divided vision-slit and numerous small circular ventilation-holes at each side (the right edge patched, the beak pierced with two large rust-holes), and two gorget-plates front and rear (the lower front one restored, the lower rear one patched at its left end), early 17th century collar formed of a single deep plate front and rear, breastplate of late 'peascod' form (patched at the left side and centre of waist) with moveable gussets at each arm-opening, fauld of three lames, the lowest cut with a shallow arch over the crotch and bearing a pair of detachable tassets each of nine lames, extending to just above the knees, one-piece backplate shaped to the shoulders and flanged outwards at its lower edge (patch at left of flange) to receive a culet of one lame (patched at either end), small symmetrical pauldrons each of six lames (the top three of the left and the top one of the right patched at their front ends) connected by turners to vambraces (not a pair) each formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon articulated to one another by a winged couter of three lames, the wing of the left one formed as a separate plate, mitten gauntlets (not an exact pair), each formed of a long pointed tubular cuff, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate with boldly roped transverse rib, and four finger plates (thumb-defences lacking), and a pair of 19th century greaves of tubular construction each articulated four times at the ankle, pierced with an aperture to accommodate a spur and fitted with an integral broad-toed sabaton of seven lames, the main edges of the armour turned inwards and decorated, except on the collar, with file-roping, the collar decorated with incised bands and borders enclosed by volutes, chevrons and punched beads, the breastplate, backplate, pauldrons and upper cannons of the vambraces etched in line with symmetrical sprays of stylised acanthus foliage issuing, in the case of the breastplate, from a grotesque mask at the centre of the neck-opening, the couters, upper cannons of the vambraces, gauntlets and tassets later etched on a blackened ground with quatrefoils framed in part by repeated lozenges and engrailed bands (showing significant pitting and wear with some cracking, bruising, perforation and disarticulation throughout), stand not included Inv. no. A086. The etched decoration of the breastplate, backplate, pauldrons and upper cannons of the vambraces identifies them as part of a series of armours made for the use of the Swiss Papal Guard. Other armours of the series can be recorded in the Museo Civico L. Marzoli, Brescia, Inv. Nos 860, 927-8, 941 & 947, see F. Rossi & N. di Carpegna 1969, Cat. Nos 22-5 & 44, pp. 22-3 & 30); the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Acc. No. Hen. M.1.2A-c-1933, see I. Eaves 2002, pp. 123-5, ill.; and the Art Institute, Chicago, see W. J. Karcheski, Jr 1995, p. 68, ill. The decoration - originally gilt on a blued ground - has in all cases been applied about 1700 to elements of late 16th and early 17th century North Italian make.
A RARE SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE TOURNEY, IN THE MANNER OF WOLFGANG GROSSCHEDEL OF LANDSHUT, CIRCA 1550-5 of notable weight, formed of a rounded skull rising to a high roped medial comb (bruised and cracked towards the rear), pierced at the rear of the neck with four small rivet-holes for the attachment of a missing plume-holder and to either side of it with four lace-holes, two of those at the right retaining their brass eyelets, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by later common pivots with large domed heads, the visor with a prominent step beneath its single broad vision-slit and a spring-catch at the right side operated by a later lifting-peg with baluster-shaped terminal, prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its left side with twenty small circular ventilation holes arranged in four rows and at the right side with eight diagonal ventilation-slots, each expanded at its centre, the right side further pierced with a threaded hole for the attachment of a reinforce and fitted with a sliding spring-catch, the bevor (with riveted patch at right of face-opening) pierced at each side of the neck with seven circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation, the central one of the right group occupied by the brass-capped pivot of a sturdy forked visor-prop, the right of the neck further fitted with a brass swivel-hook to secure the push-button operated spring-catch issuing forward from the skull, the lower edges of the skull flanged outwards to receive missing gorget-plates, the front and left of the helmet showing numerous cuts from a rebated sword (pitted overall) 34.2cm; 131/2in high The helmet compares closely in both form and detail with the contemporary products of the Landshut school of armourers, in many cases marked by or documented as the work of Wolfgang Grosschedel, recorded 1517-62, and his son Franz Grosschedel, recorded 1555-78 (A. Von Reitzenstein 1954, pp. 142-53). Analogous helmets of the school can be recorded in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna, the Real Armeria, Madrid, the Musée de l'Armée, Paris, the Musée Royale de l'Armée, Brussels, the Wallace Collection, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Stadt- und Kreismuseum, Landshut (G. Spitzelberger 1975, pls 25, 31-2, 34-5, 38-9, 41& 47-52; J. Mann 1960, pls IV & VI; and A. V. B. Norman 1986, pl 214). Like the helmet under discussion, they are pieced at either side of their bevors with circular groups of ventilation-holes.
A BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE BY ST.SCHUESTER IN NEUBERG, CIRCA 1730 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed bevelled lock engraved with foliage, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock cut with acanthus about the barrel tang (cracks and repairs), carved cheek-piece, sliding patch-box cover partly veneered in horn, steel mounts including scrolling side-plate, trigger-guard with acanthus finial, and butt-plate with heel and terminal en suite with the trigger-guard, and horn fore-end cap (later ramrod) 49cm; 19 3/8in barrel
A GERMAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY GOLLNER IN SUHL, CIRCA 1820 converted from flintlock, with rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed in silver partly enclosed by silver foliage over the breech and fitted with folding back-sight, stepped bevelled lock fitted with gravity stop, double set trigger, figured walnut full stock carved with a Taurus mask behind the barrel tang and with foliate mouldings behind the rear ramrod-pipe, raised cheek-piece decorated with a washing stag, sliding patch-box cover, moulded German silver mounts comprising pierced two-piece side-plate, trigger-guard with with acanthus finial and butt-plate formed en suite, moulded ramrod-pipes, vacant mother-of-pearl escutcheon 63cm; 24 3/4in barrel
A .36 CALIBRE AMERICAN PERCUSSION PLAINS RIFLE, MID-19TH CENTURY converted from flintlock, with heavy octagonal barrel punched with a band of dots around the muzzle face, fitted with German silver fore-sight and standing back-sight, border-engraved lock stamped 'Atkinson Warranted' and decorated with a turkey and waterfowl on the tail, double set trigger, figured maple full stock enriched with dark stained stripes, fluted cheek-piece, circular patch-box with brass cover (three screws missing), brass mounts comprising stylised 'bat-wing' side-plate, spurred trigger-guard, two-piece faceted butt-cap, and three ramrod-pipes (perhaps later), and white metal fore-end cap (previously plated, later ramrod, light wear) 86.5cm; 34 1/8in barrel
Five First World War Pairs, each comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, awarded to:-7411 A.2.CPL. A.C.ROSTRON. R.E.; 3-10658 PTE.W.STEVENS. NORTH'N.R.; GS-81553 PTE.S.J.LINK. R.FUS., with a triangular 1916 ON WAR SERVICE breast badge; 302015 PNR.F.KEYTE. R.E.,with RE cap badge; SE-30788 PTE.A.CORBY. A.V.C., with cloth patch set with three wound stripes (5-framed)
A 19th Century Percussion Cap Big Game Rifle by Purdey, London, the octagonal steel barrel with platinum line and plug, hinged leaf sight and with a bracket to the rear of the tang set with an adjustable peephole sight, foliate engraved hammer with slide safety, set trigger and signed lock plate, foliate engraved steel trigger guard with scroll grip and rosette finial, chequered walnut half stock with horn fore-end cap, hinged patch-box cover and wooden ramrod. Together with a box of accessories including lead bullets and cleaning equipment. (Metal work pitted throughout)
AN AMERICAN .40 FLINTLOCK PENNSYLVANIA RIFLE, THE BARREL SIGNED J.H. JOHNSTON, Early 19th century, with 41in. octagonal sighted barrel engraved with a band of small circles on the muzzle-face and signed 'J.H. JOHNSTON' towards the breech, border engraved lock signed 'JAS. GOLCHER / WARRANTED' and decorated with a partridge on the tail, figured 'tiger-stripe' walnut full stock with raised cheek-piece, set triggers, brass mounts including foliate engraved hinged patch-box cover with pierced surround, the patch-box cover with sprung release on the underside of the butt, the cheek-piece inlaid with a German silver oval engraved with an eagle, faceted brass ramrod pipes, brass fore-end cap, and later wooden ramrod.
19th Century Staffordshire pottery comforter spaniel having red and white patch decoration and with a basket of flowers held in its mouth, 19cm high together with a 19th Century Staffordshire pottery figure group depicting a seated poodle with two puppies, having grog decoration and seated on a blue glazed base, 19.5cm high
Edwardian lozenge shaped tray with pierced gallery, raised on four conforming bracket feet, with central hinged and silver mounted moulded glass inkwell. Length measures 8 1/2ins (21.5cm). The tray hallmarked London 1901, sponsors mark reads J.G &S, the ink well hallmarked London 1903, sponsors mark reads WN GN. The tray is in extremely good condition. There are surface scratches to the whole, along with some marks, discolourations, and build-ups of polish. The inside of the ink well lid is a bit scuffed, and there is a patch of discolouration on the neck. The hallmarks are all clear and unrubbed.
A pair of condiments to include an open salt of circular form with reeded rim and square footed base and lidded mustard of the same form, each with a blue glass liner, hallmarked Deakin & Frrancis Birmingham1928. Together with a pepper of similar form hallmarked George Unite Birmingham 1919 and a further circular Victorian open salt with gadrooned rim and raised on three hoof feet with blue plastic liner, hallmarked London 1883. Total silver weight 6.49ozt (201.8gms). All four items are in good condition. They all have slight surface scratches, but no serious damage. The glass liner in the square footed open salt has a chip in the edge, and a matte patch on the bottom. This piece also has some areas of discolouration to the silver, on one corner of the base, and on the main body. The lid of the mustard does not close entirely. The mustard is hallmarked on both the main body and the lid. The pepper is in good condition, with a small amount of discolouration to the inside of the lid. The other salt has some bad discolouration to the inside of the silver, and the plastic liner is in poor repair. It is in generally good condition however. All the hallmarks are slightly rubbed, but all are still clearly legible.
White metal continental cigarette box embossed with a scene of buildings and trees to the foreground, diameter measures 5 1/2ins (14cm) Soosania T.95 Karachi marked to the base. Together with a white metal cream jug of bulbous form entirely embossed with floral and foliate scrolls with shaped flared lip, height measures 3ins (7.5cm). Total combined weight 14.76ozt (459.1gms). The cigarette case is in reasonably good condition. It has a number of scratches to the whole, but these are mainly not serious. There are some deeper ones on the underside. There are also some dents, mainly shallow, but a couple of deeper ones to the underside and lid. There are build-ups of polish in the grooves of the decoration on the lid. The lid fits well and hinge works perfectly. There is a patch of polish and some general discolouration inside the box. he jug is in slightly poorer condition. The handle is very bent, and the handle is attached to the jug off-centre. The whole has surface scratches and notches, but these are not serious. The rim of the jug is uneven. The inside is discoloured, and there are build-ups of polish in the decoration.
German Coastal Artillery Badge of bronze colour, consisting of two rows of oak leaves in the form of a wreath, inside this, a depiction of a coastal artillery piece with the sea in the background, to the top an eagle above a swastika. Designed by the sculptor Otto Placzek of Berlin, this is marked to the back of the piece. Awarded to soldiers with the coast artillery who displayed significant leadership qualities or an an act of worth in action. Missing pin and possible alteration to the fitting. The medal is in reasonable condition. The gold coloured plating has worn off in several places, and the medal has a number of scratches and dints to its surface. Despite this, the detail of the design is all still clear and unrubbed. The pin on the back has broken off. The back is marked with the name of the sculptor who designed the medal, Otto Placzek, but this mark is partially obscured by a large patch of solder which could indicate that a repair has taken place.
Bacon, Roger Opus majus ad Clementum IV pontifiem maximum primum a Samuele Jebb M.D. Londini editum MDCCXXIII. Nunc vero diligenter recusum. Accedit Prologus Galeatus in reliqua opera eiusdem authoris. [edited by Giovanni degli Agostini and Joannes Illuminatus]. Venice: apud Franciscum Pitteri, 1750. Second edition, 4to., l9th century half vellum, marbled boards, titlepage with small tear (no loss) and two library stamps, some light water staining of the lower third of the book throughout, small patch of worming in the outer margins of a few signatures
Miscellaneous items, including a 19th c. circular horn patch box, a French horn snuffbox depicting the death of Cleopatra, two Cantonese oval carved ivory brooch panels, a horn rabbit head parasol handle, carved ivory miniature figures and animals, spectacle cases, and a filigree white metal card case, ( a lot).
Missal. Missale Romanum: ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilij Tridentini Restitutum..., ex officina Jacobi Keruer, Paris, 1583, title printed in red & black, woodcut illust. to title, woodcut initials & small illusts., two full-page woodcut illusts., text and music printed in red & black, colophon dated 1582, some damp staining, late 17th/early 18th c. calf, gilt dec. spine, slightly rubbed, inlaid leather patch to centre of both boards (possibly where gilt armorial previously present), 8vo. (1)

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